839: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor: Drunkish… A Story of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is a past guest of the SMA, one of my very favorite podcasters, my beloved pandemic memoir writing teacher, and author of Drunkish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol - coming out January 16th In addition to all these roles, Stephanie is a TV personality, and cohost of the popular podcast For Crying Out Loud. She co-created and hosted the late-night comedy parenting show Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor for NickMom on Nickelodeon. Her books include Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay; Naptime Is the New Happy Hour; It’s Not Me, It’s You; I’m Kind of a Big Deal; and Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic. She’s appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Phil, Larry King Live, and Today. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, her three delightful teenagers, and her dog, Penelope. Listen in to hear Stefanie share: How she rationalized her addiction for decades Her slow burn to full-blown problematic drinking Her lowest moment of driving her children while drunk How she had to shift her identity from an author who writes about “mom drinking” to writing about being a sober mom How she managed her diagnosed anxiety after getting off alcohol and Xanax How she was outed after 10 days of sobriety by the New York Times Links mentioned: Connect with Stefanie: Stefaniewildertaylor.com Book: Drunkish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol Stefanie on IG @fcolpodcast across all platforms We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 839 with Stephanie Wilder Taylor.
0:06.0	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going
0:09.6	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 839.
0:17.8	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:23.3	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.5	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:34.9	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other
0:40.7	shameless moms just like you.
0:42.5	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:47.1	All right.
0:47.6	Let's dive into today's episode.
1:00.3	Stephanie Wilder Taylor is a past guest of the SMA, one of my very favorite podcasters,
1:06.6	my beloved memoir writing teacher, and the author of Drunkish, a memoir of loving and leaving alcohol, which is coming out on January 16th. So if you're listening in Live Time, that's next week.
1:11.0	Go get the book. Pre-orders help authors so soth. So if you're listening in live time, that's next week. Go get the book. Pre-orders help authors so-so-much. Or if you're listening a little bit past that,
1:15.8	still go get the book because Stephanie wants to be a contender to be a New York Times bestseller.
1:20.6	So let's help her get there. In addition to all the roles I just mentioned, Stephanie is also a TV
1:24.9	personality and the co-host of the popular podcast for crying
1:28.2	out loud, which is the only parenting podcast I listen to, by the way. And when I say parenting
1:32.6	podcast, it's in air quotes because, you know, it's like 50-50. Half of what they talk about
1:37.8	is what not to do as a parent, but I have learned so much through their really, really funny
1:42.3	anecdotes around how to parent in maybe non-conventional
1:46.2	ways, how to take parenting a little more lightly, how to get over yourself and your ego
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